Film · 2002

The Day The Earth Nearly Died

Name: The Day The Earth Nearly Died
Director: Nick Davidson
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2002-12-05

49 min · Directed by Nick Davidson

Documentary

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Some 250 million years ago, all but five per cent of life on Earth was wiped out in the greatest disaster our planet has ever experienced, yet the cause of this event has long remained a mystery. Palaeontologists in Greenland explain the answers.

Cast

Jack Fortune

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Adrian Jones

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Vincent Courtillot

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Gregory Retallack

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Peter Ward

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Paul Wignall

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Michael Benton

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Michael R. Rampino

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Crew

Director: Nick Davidson
Producer: Matthew Barrett
Writer: Nick Davidson
Editor: Neil Patience, Paul Carlin
Cinematography: David Baillie, Russell Belter
Sound: Max Bygrave

Details

Studios: BBC
Languages: English
Release: December 5, 2002

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